Reckless Speed Explained

Reckless Speed
Producer:	Peter Kanellos
Starring:	Frank Merrill Virginia Warwick Joseph W. Girard
Studio:	Hercules Film Productions
Distributor:	Bud Barsky Corporation
Runtime:	50 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

Reckless Speed is a 1924 American silent action film directed by William James Craft and starring Frank Merrill, Virginia Warwick and Joseph W. Girard.^[1]

Synopsis

The son of an oil magnate discovers that the foreman of their works is secretly in league with a rival company. He joins forces with a female reporter to expose the wrongdoers.

Cast

Frank Merrill as Speed Creswell
Virginia Warwick as Vera Wray
Joseph W. Girard as Dad Creswell
Gino Corrado as David Brierly
Eddie O'Brien as Creswell's valet
Slim Cole as Mr. Jackson

Bibliography

Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

Notes and References

Connelly p.400